Now’s Your Chance To Make Your Apartment Less Crappy
Studio@Gawker · 05/17/11 11:00AM
That probably bedbug-infested beanbag chair that you're rocking in your walk-up doesn't come off as retro, it reads more like "I still hide my bong under the kitchen sink every time my mom comes over to do my laundry." However, if you take this quick survey, email the last question to surveys@gawker.com with "Ikea Gift Card Contest" as the subject line, you'll be entered to win a $150 gift card to, you guessed it, Ikea! Mom will be so proud!
See The Original, Unused Ending To Election
Whitney Jefferson · 05/17/11 10:30AMA little-known fact about Election, the 1999 film that featured Reese Witherspoon as the tightly-wound Tracy Flick and Matthew Broderick as her smarmy civics teacher: the movie's original ending was not the one you saw in theaters. (If you haven't seen the movie, obvious spoilers ahead.)
Facebook Twins Will Take Hopeless Lawsuit to Supreme Court
Adrian Chen · 05/17/11 10:13AMAmerica's Saddest Man Eats 25,000th Big Mac Today
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 10:07AMGossip Girl Season Finale: Goodbye Love, Hello Lover
Richard Lawson · 05/17/11 10:02AMWhich Star Slept with Her Sister's Boyfriend?
Brian Moylan · 05/17/11 09:58AMToday in Stereotypical Violent Rapper News
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 09:21AMCassidy, a Philly rapper who used to be with Swizz Beatz back in the day, has been jailed for violating his probation. He's on probation for a manslaughter case n 2005, stemming from a shootout near his house. His lawyers have denied a TMZ report that he's a suspect in another murder case. Also, rapper M-Bone of Cali Swag District (the "Dougie" people) was killed in a drive-by shooting in Inglewood, California on Sunday. Also, local Virginia rapper Trey Pound, 24 and an Iraq war veteran, was shot and killed after pissing off another guy in a rap battle. That was in 2008, but the full details have just emerged, so we'll include it here.
'Consent,' And Other Dominique Strauss-Kahn Outrages
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 08:34AMQaddafi Tries Old Mannequin Piloting a Boat Bomb Trick
Jeff Neumann · 05/17/11 07:25AMMing Ming, World's Oldest Panda, Dies
Jeff Neumann · 05/17/11 06:27AMThe Schwarzenegger Love Child Scandal Has Arrived
Jeff Neumann · 05/17/11 05:19AMParalyzed Student Retrofitted With Cyborg Capabilities In Time For Graduation
Seth Abramovitch · 05/17/11 02:16AMAustin Whitney, a 22-year-old UC Berkeley grad paralyzed in a 2007 car accident (he got drunk and hit a tree), fulfilled a dream today that most of us would take entirely for granted: He walked seven steps to collect his diploma, with the help of a motorized exoskeleton. Watch the video and be inspired. (And don't drink and drive.) [PopSci]
The Best Parts of Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart's Debate
Matt Cherette · 05/17/11 01:17AMAfter receiving an invitation from Bill O'Reilly to appear on his show and debate whether or not the rapper Common should have been invited to a poetry reading at the White House, Jon Stewart showed up tonight as promised and attempted to interject some logic into the controversy. And because we would never expect you to suffer through an entire episode of the Factor yourself, here are the best four minutes of O'Reilly and Stewart's debate.
Jill Zarin's Internet Superfans Are Probably Just Jill Zarin
Seth Abramovitch · 05/17/11 12:26AM
If we've learned anything from the cautionary tale of Dilbert creator Scott Adams, it's that masquerading as your own biggest fan on the internet can come back to bite you in the ass. You'd think that lesson might have sunk in by now for Real Housewives of New York City star Jill Zarin, who we've already caught once writing glowing Amazon user reviews for her own advice book (while accusing its critics of being antisemites). But someone — not saying it's Jill! Could be anyone really! Innocent until proven Zarin!— has been bombarding the Vulture comments section with suspiciously pro-Jill propaganda.
Stephen Colbert Bids Farewell to Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump
Matt Cherette · 05/17/11 12:05AMThe past few days have brought some big changes to the field of Republicans running for President in 2012. First, Mike Huckabee announced over the weekend that he wouldn't enter the race. Then, earlier today, Donald Trump officially dropped out. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert bid adieu to both of them.
How Viral Copies of a Naughty Bedtime Book Changed Publishing
Ryan Tate · 05/16/11 11:57PMJon Stewart Bummed Other News Got in the Way of Bin Laden's Porn Stash
Matt Cherette · 05/16/11 11:41PMJon Stewart was looking forward to covering Friday's news that a stash of porn had been found in Osama bin Laden's compound. But then the head of the IMF was arrested on sexual assault charges over the weekend and Donald Trump called off his imaginary plans to run for president earlier today, and Stewart had to revise his script.
Charitable Couple Replaces Goat Killed by Cross-Dressing Bath Salter
Max Read · 05/16/11 09:56PMMubarak to Say 'Sorry' and Blame His Advisers
Max Read · 05/16/11 09:02PM
Hosni Mubarak, the deposed President of Egypt, will reportedly apologize — and "plead for amnesty" — in a televised statement. Apologize, you may be wondering, for what? Good question! "[F]or for any offense caused to the people," apparently. But, look, all of that nonspecific "offense" isn't really even his fault! See, he's also going to apologize "for any behavior which may have stemmed from false information passed on to him by his advisers." Advisers are notoriously untrustworthy!










